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Violence broke out in and around Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque Thursday, with Israeli police using tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades to dispel stone-throwing demonstrators who had entered the compound, according to NBC News.

The EU's highest court has maintained a ruling that Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is a terrorist organisation, in a blow to campaigners who have called for the militant organisation to be removed from Europe's blacklist, reported the Financial Times.

Over 120 Palestinians were injured during yesterday's clashes with Israeli forces in Jerusalem and the West Bank, a Red Cross spokesman said.

A top aide to US President Donald Trump was due in Israel Monday in a bid to ease tensions over new security measures at a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site, a US official said, according to Al Arabia. 

Israel has installed new security cameras at the entrance to a sensitive Jerusalem holy site on July 23.

The cameras were spotted as Israel said it was considering an "alternative" to the metal detectors at the contested shrine that set off a weekend of violence.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced on July 21 that all contacts with Israel have been suspended until it commits to lift the recent measures taken at Al-Aqsa Mosque. 

Abbas, in a speech broadcast this evening on Palestinian television, rejected the Israeli installation of metal detectors at the gates of the Al-Aqsa compound. 

Turkey's foreign minister held a phone conversation on July 21 with his Palestinian counterpart about the recent tension after Israeli officials imposed restrictions on Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa compound. 

According to diplomatic sources, Turkey's Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Riyad al-Malki discussed recent developments there. 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinian leadership will freeze all contact with Israel as mass protests over new Israeli security measures rage at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

At least three Palestinians were killed and hundreds more injured on Friday.

A Turkish ultra-nationalist group has attacked a synagogue in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district with stones during a protest against the new Israeli restrictions on Palestinians' entry to the al-Aqsa mosque.

Israeli police have banned Muslim men under the age of 50 from a contested shrine in Jerusalem, according to the Independent.

The ban comes ahead of feared mass protests over the installation of metal detectors aimed at increasing security at the site. 

Muslim leaders have called for mass protests at Friday's noon prayers.

The shrine is revered by both Muslims and Jews.